New alliance shakes up plant design CAD world

Nov 11, 2009 | Hot Topics

Intergraph and Autodesk announced today that they have reached an agreement that allows Autodesk to embed Intergraph ISOGEN into AutoCAD Plant 3D. ISOGEN, with about 50,000 users worldwide, is often considered the industry standard for the automatic production of...

Small world: Gallello takes reins at MSC

Oct 14, 2009 | Hot Topics

Symphony Technology Group (STG) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of MSC Software for a grand total of $390 million and that Dominic Gallello will be taking over as CEO.According to the press release, STG "will build a stronger company,...

Catching Up: Bentley, Intergraph, PTC, Siemens and COFES

Jun 9, 2009 | Hot Topics

I may be quite busy and on travel, but the engineering software world rolls on. A couple of interesting tidbits:- According to Greg Bentley, CEO of Bentley Systems, engineering software provides significant return on investment by improving standards of living through...

Solid shipbuilding

Oct 2, 2008 | Hot Topics

Say you want to build a yacht and, since you’re a competitive person, you want to be able togloat at Larry Ellison the next time you run into him in Cannes. That means your yachtneeds to be bigger and better than his — or, according to Wikipedia, have at...